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the daytime then?
    Marianne    Yes.
    Roland    In the fucking daytime?
    Marianne    Sometimes, yes.
    Roland    During lunch is it?
    Beat.
    So when’s he gonna move in? Mary, when’s he gonna –
    Marianne    There’s no date.
    Roland    But he is gonna move in?
    Marianne    Hopefully.
    Roland    Am I boring?
    Marianne    What?
    Roland    Do I bore you?
    Marianne    Of course not.
    Roland    We don’t talk about space enough, is that it?
    Marianne    It’s nothing to do with work.
    Roland    That doesn’t make it better, y’know. If you’d said yes, if you’d said yes, it’s because we don’t talk about space enough, it might have made a bit more sense. I’d kick myself for not making more of an effort, but at least it’d make a bit more sense.
    Marianne    There’s no linear explanation I’m afraid.
    *   *   *
    Roland    Where have you been?
    Marianne    Work.
    Roland    I sent you a text.
    Marianne    I know.
    Roland    You’ve not texted me back?
    Marianne    I know.
    Roland    What does that mean?
    Marianne    It means I know that you sent me a text.
    Roland    I didn’t know where you were.
    Marianne    Why are you being so tetchy? I was at work and I missed the seven thirty-seven and then the eight oh-four didn’t turn up. What’s wrong, what’s the matter?
    Roland    Mary I’m really sorry but I had sex with Alison O’Connor Tuesday the week before last.
    Marianne    Alison O’Connor.
    Roland    Yeah.
    Marianne    I thought she was going bald?
    Roland    What?
    Marianne    She’s going bald, Roland, she’s going fucking bald. Well how many times? How many times did you have sex with her, Roland?
    Roland    Once.
    Marianne    Once?
    Roland    Tuesday the week before last, yeah.
    Marianne    What were you doing, what were the two of you doing?
    Roland    I was helping her set up a hive.
    Marianne    Is this a fucking joke?
    Roland    No.
    Marianne    You were helping her set up a fucking hive ?
    Roland    Yes.
    Marianne    Speak up.
    Roland    I said yes. Yes, I was helping her –
    Marianne    Is it serious?
    Roland    I don’t know.
    Marianne    You don’t know?
    Roland    I need some time to think about it.
    Marianne    Oh you need some time to think about it?
    Roland    Preferably, yes.
    Beat.
    Marianne    Does this mean you’re moving out?
    Roland    Up to you, really.
    Marianne    If it were up to me, Roland, you wouldn’t have fucked fucking Alison O’Connor.
    Roland    All right.
    Marianne    I beg your pardon?
    Roland    Calm down.
    Marianne    Fuck you actually.
    Beat.
    I’ve never been happier. Living with you. Just so you know.
    *   *   *
    Roland    That doesn’t make it better, y’know. If you’d said yes, if you’d said yes, it’s because we don’t talk about space enough, it might have made a bit more sense. I’d kick myself for not making more of an effort, but at least it’d make a bit more sense.
    Marianne    There’s no straightforward explanation I’m afraid.
    Roland    Don’t make me leave.
    Marianne    Roland –
    Roland    This is the best fucking thing that’s ever happened to me, I’m serious.
    Marianne    You’ll be fine.
    Roland    I don’t know what I’m gonna do.
    Marianne    You can move back to Tower